Talk:Common law copyright

Common law copy right re-established by congress
In the Constitution we find the clause that follows.
 * To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries."

When human rights were being denied by authorities in the South of America the following law was passed. 47 USC 1983
 * "Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress,"

To make sure human rights were protected when facing inadequate laws the following section was enacted. 42 USC 1988
 * "The jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters conferred on the district courts by the provisions of titles 13, 24, and 70 of the Revised Statutes for the protection of all persons in the United States in their civil rights, and for their vindication, shall be exercised and enforced in conformity with the laws of the United States, so far as such laws are suitable to carry the same into effect; but in all cases where they are not adapted to the object, or are deficient in the provisions necessary to furnish suitable remedies and punish offenses against law, the common law, as modified and changed by the constitution and statutes of the State wherein the court having jurisdiction of such civil or criminal cause is held, so far as the same is not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States, shall be extended to and govern the said courts in the trial and disposition of the cause"

Lawyers generally detest common and natural law issues. A career lawyer/judge wrote the copy[rite] HOAX in 1790 without securing a single human right for any time whatsoever and this is now plead in the Western District of Arkansas and could be further explained to lawyers with about eight hours to unlearn law. CurtisNeeley (talk) 01:49, 15 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Note: This editor inserted a variety of edits relating to his ideas about "copyrite" versus "copyright", and author rights. This theory has no support in law or scholarship and the various edits advancing the editor's views have been removed from this and other pages. --Lquilter (talk) 11:23, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

UK section
The section on UK law contains numerous errors and has to be rewritten. Or it at least should simply refer to the article on Donaldson v Becket, which has already been updated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.11.73.245 (talk) 17:19, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

Needs statutory update from 2018 law
The Classics Protection and Access Act, Title II of the Orrin G. Hatch–Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act, brings pre-1972 sound recordings partially into the US federal copyright system. Effective Oct 11, 2018. Codified as 17 USC § 1401. Lupinelawyer (talk) 18:27, 24 February 2024 (UTC)